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Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
A Hazel Street resident told police a man invaded his home early Feb. 2 and attacked him.
About 2 a.m. that day, the suspect knocked on the front door of the victim’s home several times, asking to enter. The resident said he was in the bed and told the man to go away, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
The resident said the suspect then kicked the door open and entered the bedroom where he was.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A heated argument between a Lancaster man and his girlfriend ended with the woman’s arrest after she fired a gun into a ceiling.
Flossie Burks Lewis, 53, of Elgin, was arrested Feb. 5 and charged with first-degree assault and battery, according to Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Matt Shaw.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
The Lancaster Bruins basketball season is over. The Charlotte Bobcats aren’t winning much these days, so a trip to Uptown Charlotte may not be worth your while.
But don’t fret. If you’re looking for some live, high-energy hardwood entertainment, make sure you’re at Lancaster High School on Thursday.
That’s when the Harlem MagicMasters return for an exhibition game that promises to amaze and excite the crowd.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
An Indian Land man and his wife are $2 million richer after matching all six numbers in the Feb. 22 Powerball drawing.
According to the S.C. Education Lottery, the unidentified man bought the ticket at Tri An Mart at 948 Fort Mill Highway (S.C. 160), just east of Barberville Road.
The winning numbers? 7,16,17,39, and 51 with a Powerball of 32. The $1 addition of a Powerball doubled the man’s five-number win of $1 million.
The odds of hitting all six numbers? One in 5,153,633.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Fort Lawn man was sentenced on two counts of assaulting a Lancaster child following a three-day jury trial.
Joseph Bradley Loftin, 30, was convicted Feb. 16 on second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and committing a lewd act on a minor, said 6th Circuit Assistant Solicitor Curtisha Mingo, who prosecuted the case.

Donna Roberts
McDonald Green Elementary School
On Feb. 9, Augustus Holt from Charleston visited McDonald Green Elementary School to share the story of the Charleston Cannon Street Boys YMCA baseball team of 1955.
To tell the story, he brought along two of the former players from the team, Vernont Brown and Leroy Major, who both live in Charleston.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A proposed firearms ordinance was shot down by Lancaster County Council on Monday night.
Council members, as well as representatives from a special citizens committee, had been discussing the idea of a negligent-shooting ordinance for months, ever since the shooting death of a horse on a Panhandle ranch last summer.
But the proposed ordinance was nixed by council Monday after members heard the committee’s recommendation to instead focus on existing state laws.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
City officials are ironing out logistics as they prepare for what has become Lancaster's signature annual event – the Red Rose Festival.
The multi-day event, held in downtown Lancaster, is slated for May 18 and 19.
The festival, now in its third year, will again have plenty of games and other activities for children. Those youth-geared events were discussed at the Feb. 14 City Council meeting.

Local authorities have arrested a Waxhaw man they say tried to rob TD Bank in Indian Land last month.
Glenn Stewart Howie, 47, 5618 Rehobeth Road, Waxhaw, has been charged by the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office with robbery/entering a banking institution with intent to steal.
On Jan. 27, a man wearing a suit, baseball hat and sunglasses entered the Charlotte Highway bank and showed a teller a note that demanded money.